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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Whyte -Melville

Dr. Robert Whytt
-1766
Louisa Balfour
1720-1764
Eliza McGilchrist
± 1729-1814

John Whyte -Melville
1797-1883


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      John Whyte Melville Jr.<br>Birth names: John White MelvilleJohn WhyteJohn Whyte MelvileJohn Whyte MelvilleJohn Whyte Melville JrJohn Whyte- MelvilleWhyte Melville<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: June 21 1797 - Bennochy, Fife, Scotland<br>Military Service: Dec 4 1817 - United Kingdom<br>Marriage: Spouse: Catherine Anne Sarah Osborne - June 1 1819 - Fife, Scotland<br>Residence: 1851 - Milverton, Warwickshire, England<br>Residence: 1861 - Cameron, Fife, Scotland<br>Death: July 16 1883 - Mount Melville, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Burial: Saint Andrews Cathedral Graveyard, Saint Andrews, , Fife, Scotland<br>Parents: John Whyte alias Melville, Eliza Whyte alias Melville (born McGilchrist)<br>Wife: Catherine Anne Sarah Melville (born Osborne)<br>Children: Major George John Whyte-Melville, Maria Louisa Whyte-Melville, Maria Louisa Whyte-Melville, Elizabeth Charlotte Whyte-Melville, Catherine Margaret Dundas (born Whyte-Melville), Donald Melville, Jane Melville, Isabella Melville, Roberta Melville<br>Siblings: Elizabeth Melville, Louisa Melville, Jane Melville, Robert White Melville, Margaret Jackson (born Whyte Melville)<br>This person appears to have duplicated relatives. View it on FamilySearch to see the full information.
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    Historical events

    Birthday June 21, 1797

    • The temperature on June 21, 1797 was about 17.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1797: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 4 » The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
      • February 14 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent: John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
      • February 22 » The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
      • March 4 » John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4.
      • July 25 » Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).
      • October 11 » The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.

    Day of death July 16, 1883

    • The temperature on July 16, 1883 was about 12.5 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
      • March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
      • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
      • August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
      • August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
      • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
    

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